2023 Tour of Slovenia

2023 Tour of Slovenia
2023 UCI ProSeries
Peloton ascending on Planina (Stage 3)
Peloton ascending on Planina (Stage 3)
Race details
Dates14–18 June 2023
Stages5
Distance833.3 km (517.8 mi)
Winning time20h 00′ 24″
Results
Winner  Filippo Zana (ITA) (Team Jayco–AlUla)
  Second  Matej Mohorič (SLO) (Team Bahrain Victorious)
  Third  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)

Points  Ide Schelling (NED) (Bora–Hansgrohe)
Mountains  Samuele Zoccarato (ITA) (Green Project–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè)
Youth  Raúl García Pierna (COL) (Equipo Kern Pharma)
  Team Spain Equipo Kern Pharma
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The 2023 Tour of Slovenia (Slovene: Dirka po Sloveniji) was the 29th edition of the Tour of Slovenia stage race, held between 14 and 18 June 2023. The 2.Pro-category race is part of the UCI ProSeries. [1] The race started in Celje. The tour consisted of five stages, with a total distance of 833.3 km and 9134 m of elevation gain. The total prizemoney was €70,775.

Tadej Pogačar was to compete for UAE Team Emirates but skipped the race due to a wrist injury. [2] Two favourites for victory were Domen Novak and Diego Ulissi (winner of 2011 & 2019 edition), both from UAE Team Emirates, who won the last three Tours of Slovenia (2019, 2020, 2021).

The race was decided on the last two stages, with two ascents of Kolovrat (Stage 4) and the last climb to Trška Gora (Stage 5) before the finish. Filippo Zana (Team Jayco–AlUla) won the race overall, while Matej Mohorič (Team Bahrain Victorious) passed Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates) for second place.[3]

  1. ^ "Znano je, kje bo štart letošnje dirke Po Sloveniji". siol.net. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  2. ^ Ling, Micah. "Tadej Pogačar Out of Tour of Slovenia, Set to Race Tour de France in Wrist Brace". bicycling.com. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference Stage-5 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).